Changes in the Social and Economic Status of Women by Metro-Nonmetro Residence

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英文名称：

Changes in the Social and Economic Status of Women by Metro-Nonmetro Residence

作者：

Carolyn Rogers

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=42124

关键词：

women;  educational attainment;  labor force participation;  earnings;  poverty;  metro-nonmetro residence; 

年份：

1997

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

3 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

Between 1980 and the mid-1990's, the earnings of American women and men became more equal. The narrowing of the earnings gap reflects a number of changes in women's life experiences (delayed marriage and childbearing, increased labor force participation, greater educational equity with men), as well as lower wages for men. This study presents a review and an appraisal of the advancement of women, especially nonmetropolitan women, during the 1980's and mid-1990's. High poverty rates among nonmetro women are cause for public policy concern. This report originated from a request to review the Draft Platform for Action for the Fourth U.N. World Conference on Women held in September 1995 in Beijing, China.